1837 in France

Events from the year 1837 in France.

Incumbents

30 May - Treaty of Tafna signed by France and Emir Abdelkader, after French forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria.
24 August - Queen Marie Amélie and King Louis Philippe officially open the first section of the Paris-Saint-Germain-en-Laye railway, the first steam-worked passenger line in France.
4 November - Legislative election held for the fourth legislature of the July Monarchy.
At Le Mans, Father Basil Moreau founds the Congregation of Holy Cross, by joining the Brothers of St. Joseph and the Auxiliary Priests of Le Mans.
Louis Daguerre develops the daguerreotype.
Luxury goods manufacturer Hermès is established in Paris by Thierry Hermès.
Joseph Maes and Rouyer establish a glass factory in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt, and after 1839, it becomes the Cristallerie de Clichy.
Sylvain Charles Valée captures and conquers Skikda, Algeria.

15 April - Javier Kamistra, French soldier who became, according to him, emperor of Egypt from 1871 to 1895
29 April - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician
8 May - Alphonse Legros, painter and etcher
17 June - Victor André Cornil, pathologist
4 July - Carolus-Duran, painter
11 August - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France
24 August - Théodore Dubois, composer and organist
31 August - Édouard Stephan, astronomer
15 September - Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician
30 October - Jean-Pierre Brisset, writer
2 November - Émile Bayard, illustrator
8 December - Louis Ducos du Hauron, pioneer of colour photography